Deal program life cycle

US10535076B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Groupon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David Thacker · Burlingame, US
• David Hoover · Cary, US
• Anthony Caliendo · Chicago, US
• Ruslan Gilfanov · Mountain View, US
• Amit Aggarwal · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0251
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A deal program life cycle system and method is disclosed. The deal program life cycle may oversee the issuance of deals from a deal program to consumers over the life cycle of the deal program. One or more aspects of the deal program may change during different periods of the life cycle of the deal program. For example, the deal program may include deal features, a number of units for deals, and relevance features for the deal program. The deal features, number of units of deals, and/or relevance features for the deal program may change during the different periods of the life cycle.